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An idea worth its salt sees career change for Audrey Grieve May 17 2013

WOMEN’S handbags generally contain a peculiar mixture of the indispensable and the inexplicable.Read

Northumberland couple in new tea venture with Jack Charlton May 10 2013

THE face staring out of the photograph is unmistakable, whether you’re a football lover or not.Read

Community spirit is the key for pub with a twist May 10 2013

IT’S exactly three years this month since The Duke of Wellington Inn, standing proud on a hill overlooking the Tyne Valley, re-opened after a refit.Read

When food does the talking at cookery showcase - GALLERY May 03 2013

The cream of the region's culinary talent will attend a prestigious cookery showcase. JANE HALL speaks to the man behind the Salon CulinaireRead

Rediscover the joy of a family meal May 03 2013

EATING together as a family is going out of fashion these days. People’s increasingly frenetic lifestyles means it can be difficult – especially if you have children with different after-school activities – to find yourselves in the same house, let along the same room, at the one time.Read

Top chef Jill Weatherburn's secret weapon Apr 26 2013

Millions love her cooking but, chances are, you’ve never heard of Jill Weatherburn. Jane Hall meets the woman who helps to bring the recipes of food companies and celebrity chefs to life.Read

Why Sandy Higson is just mad about good taste Apr 26 2013

Sandy Higson, alias The Mad Jam Woman, tells JANE HALL why she’s a stalwart of A Taste of the CountyRead

Wheatberry street food venture launches at Bishop Auckland Food Festival Apr 19 2013

VICKY Turnbull says: “If I was ever unlucky enough to find myself stranded on a desert island and someone offered me the luxury of having just one shop, then it would have to be Whole Foods Market.”Read

Five year's of fine food at the Northumberland County Show Apr 12 2013

The Journal’s Taste food and drink fair at Northumberland County Show has been feeding the public’s growing appetite for top-quality local produce since 2009. Jane Hall finds out what’s on the menu this year.Read

Taster before the awards main course Apr 12 2013

IF you didn’t already know, The Journal Culture Awards 2012 are taking place at the historic setting of Durham Cathedral later this month, and since the Culture Magazine also contains a cluster of foodie news from Taste every month, we thought the opportunity to host a daytime Taste event in the Cloisters was too good to miss.Read

Rain sours sweet success of British honey Apr 05 2013

WE aren’t off to a good start,” says Brian Ripley, succinctly summing up the feelings of many about not just the first three and a half months of 2013, but spring’s reluctance to bounce into view.Read

Local brews return to Newcastle Beer Festival Apr 05 2013

WHAT are your favourite beers? Most of us have probably idly decided our top brews we can’t live without, or that we’d want with us if we were stranded on a desert island, but the contemplation most likely doesn’t stretch beyond the top five or 10.Read

Gluten-free food fair comes to Newcastle Apr 05 2013

THE region’s first ever gluten-free food fair is set to take place in Newcastle on April 27. One in 100 people suffers from coeliac disease, a digestive problem where a person has an adverse reaction to gluten.Read

A-Z at Easter for local food lovers Mar 22 2013

A IS for alcohol. The taste for real ales is growing, and the North East has no shortage of independent breweries making cask and bottled beers.Read

Cooking for the stars Mar 22 2013

WHEN you’re a chocolatier tasked with serving up a show- stopping cake for actress Whoopi Goldberg in an unfamiliar kitchen with unfamiliar ingredients, bad things can happen.Read

Independent butchers' meat is a cut above the rest - GALLERY Mar 15 2013

FOR years the supermarkets have been chipping away at Britain’s once thriving high streets.Read

Festivals of food return to please the crowds Mar 15 2013

As the food festival season gets under way, JANE HALL has the details on two North East events promising to tickle the tastebuds in mouth-watering styleRead

G&S Organics share easy recipes to make Mothers’ Day special Mar 08 2013

FOR organic farmers Lee and Beth Gray their existence is very much a modern-day Good Life.Read

Spring recipes from The Secret Ingredient in Hexham Mar 08 2013

THE Secret Ingredient still has places available on its next spring cookery demonstration and lunch event.Read

The kings of cuisine at Northumberland Restaurant Week Mar 01 2013

Northumberland Restaurant Week will be a tasty showcase for local food and drink – with more than 40 eateries signed up. Katharine Capocci finds there’s a healthy appetite for the initiative.Read